June 2012
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May 2012
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Are students really unteachable? →
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Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbor -... →
This makes me sad. I loved the strength of the student organizations, unions, and civil disobedience in Montreal.
« In Which We Teach You How To Be A Woman In Any... →
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The Facebook Fallacy - Technology Review →
journo-geekery:
Michael Wolff, the Guardian’s media columnist:
…so far, the sweeping, basic, transformative, and simple way to connect buyer to seller and then get out of the way eludes Facebook. So the social network is left in the same position as all other media companies. Instead of being inevitable and unavoidable, it has to sell the one-off virtue of its audience like every other humper...
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What We Know Now About How to Be Happy →
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“Paying attention in a distracted world: it’s like bringing a gun to a knife...”
– James Shelley (via jonathanmoore)
“In my experience, most people seek therapeutic help for discrete, treatable...”
– In Therapy Forever? Enough Already - NYTimes.com
“The theory of machinery is that it saves time, but Stanford himself noted of...”
– From Rebecca Solnit’s River of Shadows (via viafrank)
“bicycles are an essential part of our culture and our lives. They stir memories...”
– The Next Great Technology Platform: The Bicycle - Jason Severs - Technology - The Atlantic
Bikes as political devices.
A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity - NYTimes.com →
Great article on how math can shed light on obesity.
A lot of good things to takeaway but the one that is striking is that the biggest problem with obesity is the overproduction of food which allows for cheap high-calorie fast food.
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“I didn’t even know what a calorie was. I quickly read every scientific paper I...”
– This is the kinds of curious thinker we should aspire to be.
A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity - NYTimes.com
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“When I write a letter to somebody, I and I alone choose whether I identify...”
– The Case for Copyright Reform | The Verge Forums
US Department of Justice says citizens have a... →
This is a great vocal announcement by the DOJ in support of First Amendment Rights in the consistent abuse of those recording public events where police are involved.
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“n a capitalist economy, the true job creators are consumers, the middle class....”
– The Inequality Speech That TED Won’t Show You - Restoration Roundtable
Too Hot for TED: Income Inequality - Jim... →
Oh poor TED and it’s lovely elite ways.
“One person’s clicks, of course, don’t mean much. But a million...”
– Fascinating idea to protest. Creating noise gives us control back. :)
The New Culture Jamming: How Activists Will Respond to Online Advertising - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
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Wall Street protests echo researcher’s findings on... →
Hackstar Academy - Summer Programming Fellowship... →
This is awesome!
Why There's No War Between Drivers and Cyclists in... →
This is the kind of transit and urban policy direction we should be going in honestly.
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“Although we’re more likely to share information from our close friends, we still...”
– Weak ties are again some of our most important and novel connections.
Online echo chambers: A study of 250 million Facebook users reveals the Web isn’t as polarized as we thought. - Slate Magazine
“It is time to stop the politics and address the basic question of fairness, for...”
– My Response to President Obama - Allegiance
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“The amendment we’re now considering secures no liberties, alters no...”
– Way to go North Carolina for failing at being a decent example of humanity.
The marriage amendment, 1875 - Other Views - NewsObserver.com
Gay rights in the US, state by state →
Great interactive outline of gay rights by state. The Midwest and Southeast are horribly poor places to live if you’re gay. Best is the Northeast hands down.
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“We’re looking at the ‘entrenched’ use case [for desktop users], the...”
– Some lovely ass-hattery of an opinion on Responsive Design citing out-dated use cases.
You’ll never believe how LinkedIn built its new iPad app (exclusive) | VentureBeat
Facebook Social Readers Are All Collapsing →
So glad that this is occurring. Social readers must die.
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The awful logic of Edward Conard →
So wonderfully succinct.
Another reason I believe libertarianism to be exceptionally broken.
“Indeed, it is striking how many phenomena attributed to the Internet age have...”
– The Wilson Quarterly: The Call of the Future by Tom Vanderbilt (via infoneer-pulse)
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Stephen King : Tax Me, for F@% →
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Occupy Wall Street's Debt to Melville - Jonathan... →